Check-book.



H. B. AYRES.

CHECK BOOK.

APPLICATION FILED IuIIE 212.19m.

Patented Aug. 27, 1918.

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` H. B. AYRES.

CHECK BOOK. APPLICATION FILED JUNE 22. I9I4.

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H. B. AYRES.

CHECK BooK.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 22. I9l4.

Patented Aug. 27, 1918.

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and useful Improvements in Check-Books,l

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wenn B. AYRES, or COLUMBIA, souri; CAROLINA.

CHECK-rook.

I Specification of Letters Patent.

To all whom it may concernr Y A Beit known that I', HARoLD B. AYRES, a,citizen of the United States, residing at Columbia, in the county ofRichland and State of South Carolina, have invented new of which thefollowing is a specification.. My present invention has for 1ts object`to provide an improved check-book which 10 containsl not' onlycheck-blanks but also pages ruled or arranged approprlately to receiveentries of data to constitute a record of each check issued and alsodistribution entries ofthe item or items covered by each check in"appropriate columns whereby a complete record of all bankingtransactions is provided in a single book, thus dlspensing with' theinconvenience andexpense of keepling a separate cash-book, journal,ledger or other books, as heretofore practised. Preferably, Y the icheck-book contains' pages of double 'banks of check-'blanks and alsointerlleaved pages having forms to receive the entries of the data abovereferred to, such an arrangement enabling allthe pages of the 'book tobe of theV same size and providing ample spaces for the various entries.

To these and other ends, the invention consists in certain improvements,and combinations and arrangements of parts, all as will be hereinaftermore fully described, the

' novel features being pointed out particularly inthe claims at the endof the speciication. Y

In'the accompanying drawings y Figure 1 isa perspective view of acheckbook embodying my invention, the same being opened i Fig. 2 is aview of that side of the record sheet which receives data pertaining tochecks issued; and Fig. 3 is a view of the reverse side of the l recordsheet adapted to receive data pertaining to cash recelved.v

Similar parts are designated by the same reference characters in theseve'ral views.

- form. It ispreferable,

A check-book embodying the present invention comprises pages ofcheck-blanks 1 and record pages 2, the latter'being appropriatelyinterleaved between groups of the :pages of check-blanks and all thepages being suitably bound together into book as shown in the presentinstance, to provide two banks or columns of check-blanks 3 and 4 oneach of the pages 1, there bein in the instance shown four check-blanks1n each bank o'r column'with a total of eight check-blanks on each ofthepages 1. Each record page 2 follows a 'suitable number of pages ofcheckblanks and is divided by the lines orlrulings `6 to form horizontals aces corresponding to the number 'of .checklanks in the precedinggroup of pages 1. In the present instance, the left-hand portion of therecord page 2 has a vertical column 7 t0 receive the date of each check,a vertical column v8 to receive the names .of the payees lof the checks,a vertical column 9 to receive an entry indicating the purpose forwhich-the check is issued, anda vertical column 10 to,

receive the amounts of the checks. To the right of the columns justmentioned, the record page 2 is ruled to provide an appro#A priatenumber of vertical columnsllfand these vertical columns correspond to(lifferent accoupts against which the various checks issuedarecharge'able, for which purpose they are provided with spaces to re'ceive appropriate headings to facilitate the' making of the entriestherein and` examination of these columns to determine the individual ortotal amounts charged' against such accounts. As each check is issued,the date ofthe check is entered in the column 7 ,Y the nameof the payeeis entered in the column 8,'the purpose of the check is entered in thecolumn 9, and the amount of the check is entered in the column 10. Wherethe check is chargeable against a single account,

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the amount of the check is then entered' in the appropriate column 11,and where the check covers items which are chargeable against more thanone account, the amounts v without liability 'of error by examining-theentries contained in the horizontal space allotted to that4 particular`-"check, and by adding the entries in thevertical columns 11, the totalamounts chargeable against the different accounts represented by thesevertical columnscan be determined at once. Preferably, the record sheet2 is adapted to also receive entries of deposits. In the presentinstance, the right-hand edge of the record sheet 2 is ruled to providea vertical column l2to receive the dates of the lvarious loo'- `depositsand to provide a vertical column shows the reverse side of the recordsheet 2,

it' having'a vertical column 14 to receive entries of the dates uponwhich the differentY cash items are received, a vertical coluinn 15 v toreceive the names of the parties from whom the cash is received, avertical column 16 to receive entries of the purpose for which thedifferent cash items are received,`and a vertical column 17 to receiveentries of the amounts of the different cash items. A suit-` able numberof vertical columns 18 are also preferably provided to representdifferent accounts to which the various cash items are to be applied,this page or form being ruled horizontally with all the data pertainingto each item in the same horizontal space, and by adding the items inthe vertical columns 18, the total amounts pertaining to the respectiveaccounts can be determined.

By providing two banks of check blanks on' each of the pages 1, thepages 1 and 2 can be made the same size and the record pages 2 will beof ample size to provide sufficient spaces for the various entries to bemade thereon.

I claim as my invention 1. A check-book comprisin sheets each containingtwo vertical ban of checkblanks, and record sheets interleaved betweengroups of sheets of check-blanks, each record sheet being 'ruled toprovide'horil.

zontal spaces having indicia designatin entries pertainin to each checkissued om the corresponding group of check-blanks and to providevertical ledger-account columns having indicia designating entries ofthe items distributed accordin to the different ledger accountsrepresente by said vertical columns.

2. A check-book comprising sheets containing check-blanks, and recordsheets interleaved between oups of sheets of'checkblanks, each recorsheet having a debit side provided with. horizontal spaces having 1n--dicia designating entries pertaining to cash received andverticalledger-account columns having indicia designating entries of theamounts received, said amounts being distributed according to the ledgeraccounts represented by said vertical columns, and each witnesses.

HAROLD B. AYRES. Witnesses:

C. A. BATEMAN, CHAs. S. HYER.

